Subjects provision should be made
for a full enquiry before a
Judge in Chambers or some similar
tribunal. If you feel some hesita-
tion in the peculiar circumstances
of the case in delegating to the
judiciary the power of determining
whether the accused should be
deported or not, it might be
sufficient to provide that the
Judge should report to you whether the allegations made against the or no ho considers the accused person whom it is proposed to deport guilty of the offence alleged and
the power of deciding whether a
deportation order should be made
could still rest with you in Executive
but if you decided to act
contrary
This would be a very strong measure and I should think practicall impossible to defend,
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Mr.
Mr.
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contrary to the opinion expressed
in the report
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a course which you
would adopt only for very strong
reasons and in the most exceptional
circumstances
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the matter should
be reported to me with full
particu la rs.
5,
In the meantime, you
MINUTE.
should exercise your powers under
the Ordinance as indicated in my
telegram of the 22nd December 1922.
Mr.
(62650/22)
Mr. Davis.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir H. Read.
Sir J. Masterton Smith.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Duke of Devonshire.
I have eto,
(Signed) DEVONSHIEL